Our country, is not exactly large, but every place and city is different from the other one, both in way the locals act and even sometimes variations of the recipes we have, I'd highly suggest it, if you're ever planning on meeting it, truth be told, though,
I'm not a great fan of Russia myself, I'd love to visit Moscow, has a lot of monuments and places I want to check out, as vacation, though as you noticed, no beaches there ;).